MCC Foundation announce new Trustees

The MCC Foundation has recently appointed four new Trustees to support the charity’s mission to transform lives and empower young people through cricket. The new trustees are former England cricket captain, Clare Connor CBE , Chair of Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Me...

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R.G.D. Willis - R.G.D. Willis 7-78 v Australia

Bob Willis first made the Lord's Honours Boards when he took an excellent seven wickets for 78, during the 1977 Ashes series versus Australia. After England had posted a below average score of 216 in their first innings, Willis was required to take early wickets in their per...

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E. Peate - E. Peate 6-85 v Australia

Ted Peate became the first cricketer to make the Honours Boards when his figures of 6-85 in the first innings helped England to win the first ever Test match against Australia at Lord’s in July 1884. His victims included the Australian captain Billy Murdoch, whom he got out ...

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MCC Foundation introduces Young Ambassadors

The MCC Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of five Young Ambassadors who will support the charity’s drive to make cricket a game for all. Each of the newly appointed Young Ambassadors share the Foundation’s commitment to transform lives through cricket and i...

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Transforming lives in the community

Afghan refugees receive warm welcome at Lord's The Foundation has been delighted to trial a brand-new programme offering weekly cricket sessions and hot meals to Afghan refugees currently housed in a nearby hotel. It has been a significant achievement to put together this pro...

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Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year Announced

It has been announced today that Phil Hillyard has won the Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2018 competition, with his image from a Big Bash League match in Sydney. Hillyard, of News Corp Australia, captured Sydney Sixers’ Moises Henriques holding on to an outstandi...

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MCC v Surrey: Day Three Report

MCC bounced back on Day Three of the Champion County fixture at the ICC Academy in Dubai, after a century from Warwickshire’s Dom Sibley helped them claw their way back in to the match. A 190 run opening stand by Will Rhodes and Sibley saw MCC finish the day on 221 for 1, tr...

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F.S. Trueman - F.S. Trueman 5-90 v Australia

Fred Trueman's first five-wicket haul came at Lord’s on his second Test match appearance at the famous ground, against Australia. His bowling, described in the 1959 Wisden Almanack as ‘great-hearted’ helped to get England back in the game who had a deficit of 114 runs from t...

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2017: Anya Shrubsole takes match-winning 6-46 in the women's World Cup Final

Anya Shrubsole was clearly a bowler to watch from her earliest performances in the England team. Making her debut in both T20 and One-Day Internationals in 2008, she won the award for Most Promising Young Women’s Cricketer at the end of the season. Just over three years late...

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